I recommend we put this in the FAQ. I've seen a number of posts where it
seemed like people had whacky versions of make or install and I'll bet
this was the problem. With "normal" unix systems case sensitivity allows
developers to include files like Install and Make without having to be
concerned with clobbering the system programs by the same name. This is
a special issue for MacOSX and the case-insensitivity of HFS+. Besides,
its widely agreed that putting "." in your path is a bad idea.
Paul

 

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>>> Martin Costabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/19/02 11:40PM >>>
...

You should leave "." out of your PATH environment variable. Or if you
are used to have it, put it at the end or at least after /usr/bin. The
problem here is that the windowmaker sources contain a script named
"Install", and when Fink tries to install things using the "install"
command, the latter translates not to /usr/bin/install or
/sw/bin/install as it should, but to ./Install, due to the
case-insensitivity of HFS+ and your PATH.

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Martin

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